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wey

Dictionary entry

wey • vn • be closed, come to an end, be finished

Lexicon record # 3863 | Source reference(s): R263
Derivation: morphological structure wey

Sentence examples (35)

  1. Keech wey hes?
    Are we done?

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

  2. To' keech wey.
    We're through.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 5: "What are you doing?" (GT3-05, 2003)

  3. Ne-gahs 'uewey.
    Rainbow.

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    — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 30: "Environment." (GT3-30, 2003)

  4. Keech wey ko'l 'ne-ne-pek'.
    I'm done eating.

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    — Glenn Moore, Sentences (JB-03-1) (JB-03-1, 2002)

  5. Keech wey 'we-ro'.
    It stopped running.

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Sentences (JB-02-13a) (JB-02-13a, 2001)

  6. Keech wey hes kue k'er-'er'-gerp k'ech-pey-yue'r?
    Are you finished telling your story?

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    — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences (LJC-03-1-2, 2001)

  7. Keech wey 'ue'-we-gah.
    He is getting a divorce.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-017) (LA138-017, 1980)

  8. Keech wey 'nech-per-werk.
    I quit thinking about it.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-021) (LA138-021, 1980)

  9. Keech wey, kee-tee wey-kook'.
    I have finished, I'm about to finish.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-025) (LA138-025, 1980)

  10. Keech wey 'ne-pe-lo-mo-yek'.
    I've stopped fighting.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-029) (LA138-029, 1980)

  11. 'Emkee, mo-cho keech 'o wey 'we-sahk-sah, noohl 'o ten-pe-we'hl, kue wee' kem 'o sahk-sah, 'o-wook koy kwe-see keech 'o ro'r.
    Then, when the hail stops, then it rains, then it hails again, and then early in the morning it turns to snow.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-030) (LA138-030, 1980)

  12. Keech wey 'ne-ke-po-yue-rek'.
    I'm finished swimming.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-044) (LA138-044, 1980)

  13. Keech ho wey weet 'ne-mehlhl'ook-sek'.
    I'm not thinking about it anymore.

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    — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (UW-PP-18a-1) (UW-PP-18a-1, 1980)

  14. Kwe-see keech 'e-la wey 'we-chuerp-'ery kue ne-ge-neech, noohl weet 'e-la myah noohl 'ap he'm, Kues cho soo ne-wo-yek'? To's keech mer-mer-yer-werk'?
    After the mouse got through combing, he jumped in front of the frog, and said, How do I look? Am I pretty now?

    — Glenn Moore, Retelling of Florence Shaughnessy's "The Toad and The Mouse" (GM3, 2004)

  15. 'Woo-gey, 'woo-gey, 'woo-gey-yehl-ke's Woh-pe-kue-mew weesh; ko wey, ne-kah soo hoo-le'-moh.
    Holy, holy, holy is Wohpekumew; he ordained and we live in obedience.

    — Bessie Fleischman, "The Story of the Klamath River Song" (LA16-2, 1951)

  16. Kwe-see kue keech 'o wey kue ko'l 'we-ne-pek', 'o ge'm, To' wee' keech roo kee-kee 'nech-key-yek', kwe-see 'o koo-see le'm kue kee-tee 'wech-kee'-mo'w.
    When he had finished eating, he said, Now it is time for me to sleep, and they all went away to sleep.

    — Lowana Brantner, "Wohpekumew and the Salmon" (LA16-3, 1951)

  17. Kwe-see keech 'e-la wey 'we-chuerp-'ery kue ne-ge-neech, noohl weet 'e-la myah noohl 'ap ha'm, Kues cho soo ne-wo-yek'? Ney, to's keech mer-mer-yer-werk'?
    And when the mouse had finished combing her hair, she jumped up and said, How do I look? My dear, am I pretty now?

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Toad and the Mouse" (LA16-6, 1951)

  18. K'ehl nue-mee to'm kue me-wah, kwe-see keet 'o pe'l weet 'o so'n kes-kee chpee nee ye-gok'w mos wey 'ue-kert-kerk'.
    The boy was very small, but as he began to grow up it turned out that all he would do was to go down to the water's edge and was never done with fishing for trout.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  19. Me-chee 'ee rek-'eeen kue keech 'ue-wey 'ue-pe-wo-mue', 'e-nue-mee wo-gee 'ap key Se-gep.
    They were sitting by the fire when the cooking was finished, and Coyote sat down right in the middle.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

  20. Maa-geen 'ee-kee 'ue-wey, maa-geen kyue' 'ee 'o goo-le'm.
    Some of them stopped fishing at once, and others stayed around there.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  21. Kue 'ue-wey 'wech-ween weet 'o soo ne-wee' kue ne-puy ko-lo nee-kee ko'-see ko'-mo'y.
    When he finished speaking the salmon seemed to have heard it all.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  22. Kue keech 'ue-wey 'wokt-ke-toy kue we'-yon kue 'err-werh 'e-mehl me-wo-le-te'w.
    When the girl had finished cutting up the fish, she wiped her hands with the grass.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  23. Keech wey ko'l ho 'we-ne-pee'-mehl 'em-kee 'er'-gerrch 'we-lekw 'ee rek-'eeen.
    They finished eating and sat outside the sweathouse.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  24. Noohl 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, Kee na'-mee we-hlo-waa choo-moyhl kee noohl nerr-ger-se'm kem kee 'ee-kee k'e-wey.
    Then the old man said, For twenty days more you will gather sweathouse wood, and then you will have finished.

    — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

  25. Keech wey 'ue'-we-gah.
    He has got a divorce.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  26. Keech wey 'woo-le'-mek' 'oohl.
    The end of the people has come.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  27. Keech wey 'we-lo-mey-ye'm.
    They have finished dancing.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  28. Keech wey 'we-'e'-gah 'e-see nuue'm.
    They came after we had finished our meal.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  29. Mo-cho kue me-gokw kee-mee wey 'ue-mo-kwo-mo-kwo-chek' ko ser-mer-terk'.
    If that dog does not stop barking I shall kill it.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  30. Mo-cho kee-mee wey 'ue-te-get ko ge-sek' kwe-lekw te'l.
    If he does not stop crying I shall think he is ill.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  31. Nee-kee keech 'ue-wey.
    Then it was finished.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  32. Keech 'o wey ko'l 'we-ne-pek'.
    He finished eating.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)

  33. Kwe-see' 'o le-gee', Mos wee't kee mehl wey k'e-lo-meyk'.
    He was told, That's not why you're quitting dancing.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)

  34. Nue-mee chyue ko wey-ko' 'we-so'. Nue-mee chyue ko wey k'ee me-ga-'e-po-yue-na k'ee 'oo-le-kwoh.
    He accomplished everything like this. Everything

    — Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor), "Myth of the Origin of Puberty" (Sa, 1907)

  35. Keech ho wey 'wo-'o-me-pek'.
    He had finished making his fire.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)